Thursday, December 20, 2007

The Milwaukee Brewers signed outfielder Gabe Kapler to a one-year contract Thursday.

The 32-year-old Kapler will resume his playing career after spending the 2007 season as the manager of the Greenville Drive, the Class-A affiliate of the Boston Red Sox.

Kapler owns a .270 career batting average with 64 home runs and 302 runs batted in during 850 career major league games with stints in Detroit (1998-99), Texas (2000-02), Colorado (2002-03) and Boston (2003-06).

“Gabe brings versatility and athleticism to the outfield position,” said Brewers general manager Doug Melvin. “He has always been a great teammate and possesses the determination to bounce back and become a valuable player to our club.”

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Next, they put the finishing touches on the revamped bullpen by signing Gabe White and Gabe Molina, and replace Tony Graffanino with this guy. With the zombie corpse of Gabe Paul hired as new team president, the pieces are all falling into place.

Hi MSI,
I was wondering that too. But it would be a rehash of the comments on the trade, mostly. And you know, the Tigers aren't a very newsworthy team, it isn't like they are an AL Heavyweight like the Brewers.
Fran

Next, they put the finishing touches on the revamped bullpen by signing Gabe White and Gabe Molina, and replace Tony Graffanino with this guy. With the zombie corpse of Gabe Paul hired as new team president, the pieces are all falling into place.

Selfishly, the funniest Kapler "moment" is that time someone linked to a beefcake picture of him, which I clicked on. It filled up my monitor with man-meat, and right then my Supervisor gazed at my monitor. I had lots of 'splaining to do.

In his actual career, the craziest thing ever is that time he hit the home run and tore a hammy going around the bases. That was him, right?

Wow, he really was an awesome prospect once. I had no idea how good he was in the minors.

I don't dislike the Brewers, but can I call him "Crapler"? Please?

That's certainly what I called him every time he flied weakly to left.

In his actual career, the craziest thing ever is that time he hit the home run and tore a hammy going around the bases. That was him, right?

Yeah, although he actually snapped his Achilles tendon, which is a little crazier than tearing a hammy. It's a pretty horrible injury. The tendon is under a lot of tension, so one end of it usually winds up around the knee/calf area.